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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 4:18 PM CDT for Jasper County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2017, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Jasper County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
950
WFUS54 KLCH 262118
TORLCH
TXC241-361-262145-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0056.170826T2118Z-170826T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
418 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Orange County in southeastern Texas...
Southeastern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 445 PM CDT
* At 417 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pine Forest, or near Vidor, moving north at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Weiss Bluff around 425 PM CDT.
Gist around 430 PM CDT.
Evadale around 440 PM CDT.
Buna around 445 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 9412 3035 9408 3036 9410 3041 9412
3048 9409 3049 9389 3024 9390 3024 9389
3012 9391 3012 9408 3016 9412 3019 9411
3020 9409 3022 9412 3024 9412 3026 9410
3026 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 181DEG 24KT 3020 9402
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Orange | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.